[SBU Board] Reduced RR entry fee for newer players?

[Eric Sieg]

Good point on free reducing the incentive to make sure they get their 
matches in. Maybe $10 off per participant under 20 points their first 
year (limited to $40 off, so always at least $20)?

Eric

Patti McCallum wrote:
> It is worth a try if we can get them interested.  If we can increase 
> the number of the beginners they will be more comfortable playing and 
> be more apt to return.  Maybe not free but reduced fees.  If it is 
> free they might not have incentive to get the matches played.
>
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com 
> <mailto:easieg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I had an idea I wanted to bounce off the board:
>
>     Alan Tesler has a list of people who might be willing to give the
>     Round Robin a whirl. Many of these people have under 20 points
>     (some only have 1 or 2). Before following up with him I had an
>     idea but wanted to get board approval first:
>
>     Idea:
>
>     1) Any Round Robin participant who has under 20 points gets their
>     entry for free
>
>     OR
>
>     2) Any Round Robin participant who has under 20 points gets X
>     dollars knocked off
>
>
>     Can be a 1 time thing or permanent. Can also try it out and see
>     how it goes this year (if we did that) and adjust for next year as
>     appropriate.
>
>     Anyway, not sure if this is a good/bad idea or how much it would
>     actually matter to people. I thought it might be an extra
>     incentive we could mention as I reach out to people like Alan,
>     David Dailey, Barbara Nist, Nick Tipton, etc who might have
>     connections with newer players to help populate the round robin.
>
>     Maybe thoughts/feedback/vote by email? We can also discuss this at
>     the board meeting on Monday night if there isn't an overwhelming
>     consensus one way or the other.
>
>     Eric
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